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Beebe, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bennett town. It lies in ZIP code area 54873. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle.

Beebe within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

85 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Beebe between 1993 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 23 PINE
3 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Beebe: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bennett Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fire Tower Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hagman Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Richard Flamang Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Robert Nelson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sauntry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Upper St Croix Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wasko Rd Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sauntry2.4 miles10
Bennett3.0 miles10
Solon Springs3.8 miles10
Hawthorne6.7 miles8
Hillcrest7.3 miles8
Dobie8.4 miles8
Hines10.1 miles8
Lake Nebagamon10.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577510. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.